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about about AO Smith
A. O. Smith Corporation is one of the world's leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heaters and boilers, offering a comprehensive product line featuring the best-known brands in North America, China, and India.
The company was founded in 1874 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where today the company is headquartered. A. O. Smith employs approximately 15,500 men and women at operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, India, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Turkey, which has the global reach to serve customers worldwide. We also have sales and distribution in more than 60 countries around the world.
As a global leader A. O. Smith and its employees pride themselves on applying innovative technology and energy-efficient solutions to products marketed worldwide. The company's goal is to be a leading global water technology company, and our focus is on building this platform through new product development, global expansion, strategic acquisitions and partnerships.
Our Vision
To be a leading provider of innovative and energy efficient products used to heat, treat and conserve water, providing value to our residential and commercial customers.
We will create long-term and sustainable business value for our stakeholders and drive growth by:
Living our values with honesty and integrity
Taking care of our customers
Leading through innovation
Investing in people and operational excellence
Supplementing organic growth with strategic acquisitions
Statement of Values
We developed this set of values as guidelines for conducting our business and interacting with our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we do business. Our success depends upon all of our employees, officers, and directors working together toward the same goals and sharing the same values.
In the summer of 1874, Charles Jeremiah Smith started a small business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, making “hardware specialties.” The entrepreneur could not have imagined that his one-person business would grow and thrive to become a global manufacturer with more than 10,000 employees. What C. J. Smith did know and understand was the importance of taking care of his customers, solving their problems, and helping them find “a better way.” He believed strongly in doing business with honesty and integrity.
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